[spidennis]

I'm about to use SD to back up an (older) iMac with a 10 Gig internal HD and before I do anything I have to partion the new maxtor external drive, but how many and how big are the partions to be?

Should I make 3 partions?
One for the main backup,
one for the sandbox,
and the last one for "user files and pics" ?

and how would I backup the "user files and pics" partion?

here's my chance to do this properly,
not how I think it should be done ......
so I'm asking now, instead of regretting later!

thanks,
dennis

iMac 400 MHz PPC
Maxtor 500 GB One touch 4 Plus (FW400 and USB 2.0)